National Havurah Committee

2020 Institute moving online. Join us for a kehilla gathering on May 24 @ 8 pm Register Here

Summer Institute is moving online for summer 2020

Dear Havurahniks, With great sadness, love, and hope, I’m sharing the news that the Board, with the recommendation of the COVID19 Response Committee, voted to cancel in-person Institute this summer at Hartford and move programming online. We are deeply sad that we will not be gathering at Hartford in person...

Save the dates for Institute 2021 and 2022!

We will be returning to the University of Hartford on for the week of July 26th-August 1st 2021 and the week of July 25th to 31st, 2022.

Summer Institute

At the Summer Institute, every teacher is a student and every student is a teacher. People who are usually called “rabbi” or “professor” throughout the year go by their first names here. And people who rarely take active leadership roles in their communities discover that they, too, can teach and...

Kehilla Gathering

By Lauren Cape May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 Online Event

Sunday May 24th (Rosh Hodesh Sivan) @ 8pm Connect with each other, connect with our love for Institute, and imagine the summer together. We will use a mix of webinar-style and break-out rooms on Zoom to facilitate community, communication, and creative imagination. Pre-register (required) here. To learn more about this event,… READ MORE

Hallel for Rosh Hodesh Sivan

By Lauren Cape May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 Online Event

Sunday May 24th @ 11 am – 1 pm Tikkun Leil Shabbat (TLS) of Washington DC and the National Havurah Committee (NHC) are hosting an online participatory Hallel for Rosh Hodesh Sivan (the minor festival of the new month of Sivan). Register to participate here. To learn more about this service,… READ MORE